Irene Kahn says she is appalled by conditions in the remote Aboriginal communities she recently visited in the Northern Territory.
She says the human rights of Aboriginal people are being violated.
"[That] these violations occur on a continent of such privilege, it is not merely disheartening, it is deeply disturbing," she told the National Press Club today.
"And the longstanding failure of Australian governments to turn this tide of human tragedy demands much more than condemnation.
"It demands much more than commitment."
She says elements of the Northern Territory intervention, like compulsory income management, rob people of their dignity.
She has urged the Government to repeal such elements.
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